This election was historic in that it was one of the first times in 150 years of American history that the Democratic party didn't have to pander to The South.
This election was won by the East, Midwest, Mountain States, and Pacific West. I have often cringed at the brokered deals of Southern Dixiecrat Vice Presidents, Chairmanships and alliances that included all the Bible belt could offer or not. We couldn't even elect a Democratic President unless he was from Arkansas, Texas or Plains, Georgia.
And after a civil war to free the slaves, women's suffrage which was opposed as against the Bible, interracial marrige, civil rights oppostion, voters rights, evolution, creationism and now gay rights and anti- abortion; I am relieved that this election hinged only on Virginia by a thread.
Free at Last! Thank God almighty we are Free at last!
Does this mean we should shun the Southern voter? Should we not strategize and include a canvassing of the South including them in a majority block for the 2008 elections?
No we should not. However, the relentless pandering to Dixiecrats and compromise to "values" voters, who are the worst hypocrites of the world and have been wrong on every piece of social legislation since...The Constitution was written; should take a little breather for awhile. They should pay attention again to a few of us Yankees.
An era of pandering to the South is closing. We will spend many years mopping up the mess from Texas.
Progressives and liberals would be wise to leave the James Carvilles and Harold Fords behind and their obsessions of the South. If they teach creationism to their kids, bigotry of Gays, speaking in tongues and shopping at Walmart...then a generation will pass and Southern voters will continue their slide into ignorance and poverty.
Remember The Silicon Valley where the greatest technological miracle of history revealed itself and dispersed around the Earth..... The Sodom and Gommorah of the Bible Belt. Strange don't you think?
We should concentrate on educational power. We should give credit to Dr. Dean and his visions. We should smile and quaintly walk away from any who suggest that the South will rise in whatever mystical form it has aspired to. It has always been the bain of American social justice and equality and there is no urgency to heed Mr. Carville or any progressive wannabe from the South.
So now all you Fundies can go back to sleep
you lemmings and wolves and flocks of stray sheep
The Rapture is coming!...if you tithe and you pray...
(THEN... we'll vote in a landslide when you all float away!)